アメリカと北朝鮮の緊張が高まっている。言葉の応酬が続くなか、北朝鮮では大規模な反米集会が開かれた。
アメリカのトランプ大統領は8日、「北朝鮮は炎と怒りを受ける」と発言した。
これを受けた北朝鮮は9日に「グアム先制攻撃計画」を宣言。金日成広場には軍と市民が集まり、反米集会と行進がとり行われた。いわゆる「10万群衆大会」だ。
国営メディアの朝鮮中央通信は、集会の規模を誇示する写真と映像を配信した。
以下、ロイター通信とAFP通信の記者が隊列の近くで撮った現場の様子だ。
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「祖国決死守護の誓いで千万の心臓が燃える」
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プラカードには「米帝は平和の破壊者」「米帝には死を！」などの文字が踊る。
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「先軍の威力でもって反米聖戦で百勝をあげよう」
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「米国は悪の総本山」「主体の核強国」「断固とした報復」などと書かれたプラカードを掲げて行進する様子。
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横断幕には「偉大なる金正恩同志を首班とする党中央委員会を命をかけて死守しよう！」と書かれている。
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「白頭の木枯らし精神」「一心団結」などと書かれている。
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プラカードには「正義の核の宝剣で！」「世界的な軍事強国」。
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奥に見える横断幕には「反共和国《制裁決議》を全面排撃する朝鮮民主主義人民共和国政府の声明を全面的に支持する！」と書かれている。
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「主体の核強国」
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ハフポスト韓国版より翻訳・加筆しました。
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Taxis wait for passengers at the Pyongyang train station at the end of a work day on Thursday, May 5, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Members of North Korea\'s ruling party have gathered in Pyongyang ahead of their biggest political conference in decades. Foreign experts say North Korea\'s leader Kim Jong Un will likely use the meeting to place his loyalists into key positions, strengthen his push to upgrade his country\'s nuclear arsenal and cement his grip on power. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Foreign journalists film the April 25 House of Culture, the venue for the 7th Congress of the Workers\' Party of Korea, on Friday, May 6, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea has been duly spruced up, the masses prepped for their rallies and leader Kim Jong Un appears to be set to take center stage Friday when North Korea pulls back the curtain on what promises to be the country\'s biggest political show in years, if not decades: the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Foreign journalists film workers and the workspace of the Pyongyang 326 Electric Wire Factory during a press tour on Friday, May 6, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Friday opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, a major political event intended to showcase the country\'s stability and unity under young leader Kim Jong Un despite international criticism and tough new sanctions over the North\'s recent nuclear test and a slew of missile launches. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A woman stands in her balcony of an apartment building on Friday, May 6, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Friday opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, a major political event intended to showcase the country\'s stability and unity under young leader Kim Jong Un despite international criticism and tough new sanctions over the North\'s recent nuclear test and a slew of missile launches.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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North Korean workers stand in front of a propaganda poster at the Pyongyang 326 Electric Wire Factory, seen during a press tour on Friday, May 6, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Friday opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, a major political event intended to showcase the country\'s stability and unity under young leader Kim Jong Un despite international criticism and tough new sanctions over the North\'s recent nuclear test and a slew of missile launches.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A North Korean worker checks his equipment at the Pyongyang 326 Electric Wire Factory, seen during a press tour on Friday, May 6, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea on Friday opened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, a major political event intended to showcase the country\'s stability and unity under young leader Kim Jong Un despite international criticism and tough new sanctions over the North\'s recent nuclear test and a slew of missile launches.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A nurse directs foreign journalists at the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital during a press tour on Saturday, May 7, 2016 in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed his country\'s recent nuclear test to uproarious applause as he convened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, an event intended to showcase the North\'s stability and unity in the face of tough international sanctions and deepening isolation. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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North Korean men gather at the Taedonggang beer shop, named after the Taedong River that runs through the city on Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea\'s ruling party is preparing to bestow its top title on leader Kim Jong Un, another clear sign that the third heir to North Korea\'s dynasty of Kims is firmly in control despite his country\'s deepening international isolation over one of his key ambitions, to keep developing more and better nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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North Korean men gather at the Taedonggang beer shop, named after the Taedong River that runs through the city, on Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea\'s ruling party is preparing to bestow its top title on leader Kim Jong Un, another clear sign that the third heir to North Korea\'s dynasty of Kims is firmly in control despite his country\'s deepening international isolation over one of his key ambitions, to keep developing more and better nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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North Korean commuters ride in a new subway carriage, as seen during a press tour on Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea\'s ruling party is preparing to bestow its top title on leader Kim Jong Un, another clear sign that the third heir to North Korea\'s dynasty of Kims is firmly in control despite his country\'s deepening international isolation over one of his key ambitions, to keep developing more and better nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A train conductor and station attendants work in a subway station as seen during a press tour on Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea\'s ruling party is preparing to bestow its top title on leader Kim Jong Un, another clear sign that the third heir to North Korea\'s dynasty of Kims is firmly in control despite his country\'s deepening international isolation over one of his key ambitions, to keep developing more and better nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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North Koreans wait at an electric trolley bus stop along Pyongyang\'s newest residential development, Mirae Scientists Street, as seen during a press tour on Saturday, May 7, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea\'s ruling party is preparing to bestow its top title on leader Kim Jong Un, another clear sign that the third heir to North Korea\'s dynasty of Kims is firmly in control despite his country\'s deepening international isolation over one of his key ambitions, to keep developing more and better nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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People stand in front of pictures of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung (L) and Kim Jong Il at the main Kim Il Sung square in central Pyongyang, North Korea, as the country holds the Workers\' Party of Korea (WPK) Congress May 7, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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People, carrying props for an apparent parade to celebrate the Workers\' Party of Korea (WPK) congress, eat ice-cream outside a snacks kiosk in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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A military man stands among black Mercedes-Benz sedans, with the 727 number plates, reserved for the highest government officials, outside the People\'s Palace of Culture in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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Policemen stand in front of black Mercedes-Benz sedans, with the 727 number plates, reserved for the highest government officials, outside the People\'s Palace of Culture in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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A boy points toward people carrying props for an apparent parade to celebrate the Workers\' Party of Korea (WPK) congress in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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A cameraman films a worker at the Kim Jong Suk silk mill during a press tour on Monday, May 9, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Only about 30 of the more than 100 invited journalists brought into the country to cover the biggest political event in North Korea in decades have been allowed inside the meeting hall to see the proceedings, Monday. Officials have kept the foreign media busy with trips around Pyongyang to show them places North Korea wants them to see. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(89 of100)
Foreign journalists take photos of a worker at the Kim Jong Suk silk mill during a press tour on Monday, May 9, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Only about 30 of the more than 100 invited journalists brought into the country to cover the biggest political event in North Korea in decades have been allowed inside the meeting hall to see the proceedings, Monday. Officials have kept the foreign media busy with trips around Pyongyang to show them places North Korea wants them to see. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(90 of100)
A North Korean woman works in the Kim Jong Suk silk mill, seen during a press tour on Monday, May 9, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Only about 30 of the more than 100 invited journalists brought into the country to cover the biggest political event in North Korea in decades have been allowed inside the meeting hall to see the proceedings, Monday. Officials have kept the foreign media busy with trips around Pyongyang to show them places North Korea wants them to see. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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North Korean women work in the Kim Jong Suk silk mill, seen during a press tour on Monday, May 9, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Only about 30 of the more than 100 invited journalists brought into the country to cover the biggest political event in North Korea in decades have been allowed inside the meeting hall to see the proceedings, Monday. Officials have kept the foreign media busy with trips around Pyongyang to show them places North Korea wants them to see. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(92 of100)
A North Korean woman works behind steam rising in the Kim Jong Suk silk mill during a press tour Monday, May 9, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Only about 30 of the more than 100 invited journalists brought into the country to cover the biggest political event in North Korea in decades have been allowed inside the meeting hall to see the proceedings, Monday. Officials have kept the foreign media busy with trips around Pyongyang to show them places North Korea wants them to see. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A woman works at the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill during a government organised visit for foreign reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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A man passes by an achievement chart placed at the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill during a government organised visit for foreign reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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Children look through the window of the kindergarten of the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill during a government organised visit for foreign reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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Women work at the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill during a government organised visit for foreign reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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Children enjoy a rocked themed merry-go-around during government organised visit for foreign reporters to the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill in Pyongyang, North Korea May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
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Women work at the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang textile mill during a government organised visit for foreign reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (credit:Damir Sagolj / Reuters)
North Korea Party Congress(99 of100)
A pin of the late North Korea leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il is displayed on North Korean man\'s suit Saturday, May 7, 2016 in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed his country\'s recent nuclear test to uproarious applause as he convened the first full congress of its ruling party since 1980, an event intended to showcase the North\'s stability and unity in the face of tough international sanctions and deepening isolation. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Korea Party Congress(100 of100)
North Koreans read their country\'s leader Kim Jong Un\'s speech published in the local newspaper on Sunday, May 8, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said during a critical ruling party congress that his country will not use its nuclear weapons first unless its sovereignty is invaded, state media reported. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)